GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lout | to bow in respect |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |